Campus and College Victim Responses to Sexual Assault and Dating Violence: Disclosure, Service Utilization, and Service Provision

Trauma, Violence, and Abuse

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-226

  Sabina, Chiara ^a   Ho, Lavina Y ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; dating violence; disclosure; help seeking; policies; rape; services; sexual violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902983597     PISSN: 15248380     EISSN: 15528324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524838014521322     Document Type: Review

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